[Weekender] Box Office

Published : 2014-07-04 21:03
Updated : 2014-07-04 21:03

Confession (Korea)

Opening July 10Crime, Drama. Directed by Lee Do-yoon

Hyun-tae (Ji Sung), In-chul (Ju Ji-hoon) and Min-soo (Lee Kwang-soo) have been close friends for 20 years. One day, a deadly fire occurs and takes the life of Hyun-tae’s mother and all of her property. The accident turns evolves into an unsolved mystery. Hyun-tae’s suspicion grows over the death of his mother as he begins looking for any kind of evidence. Hyun-tae asks his friends to help, but as the truth unfolds, he begins to doubt their friendship and loyalty.

The Divine Move (Korea)

Opened July 3Crime, Action. Directed by Jo Bum-gu

Professional go player Tae-seok (Jung Woo-sung) watches as his brother is murdered by Sal-su (Lee Bum-soo) during a high-stake go match. He is even allegedly framed for the crime and locked up in prison. When he serves his time, he resolved to revenge on notorious Sal-su and his gang. He gathers professional go players and forms a team to prepare for the final match against Sal-su’s invincible team. His players play one-by-one in this life-or-death, blood-spattered game of go. Tae-seok finally faces Sal-su for their first and last one-on-one match.

Transformers: Age of Extinction (U.S.)

Opened June 25Action, SF. Directed by Michael Bay

This fourth installment of the “Transformers” film series takes place four years after the invasion of Chicago that left the city torn apart in “Transformers: Dark of Side of the Moon.” An old mechanic (Mark Wahlberg) discovers that his old semi-truck is a deactivated robot, Optimus Prime. Once the robot’s survival is known, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to take advantage of the robots to control the direction of history. Optimus Prime and other Autobots rise to fight against the challenges threatening the humanity. Michael Bay teams up with Steven Spielberg to produce their fourth series.

Wadjda (Saudi Arabia, Germany)

Opened June 19Drama. Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour

Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) is a brave and adventurous 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia. She wants to buy a green bicycle to race against her friend Abdullah (Abdullrahman Algohani), but her mother won’t let her, fearing a backlash from a conservative society that sees bicycles as dangerous to girls’ virtue. So Wadjda decides to raise the funds by herself. She enters a Koran recitation competition at her school for the cash prize. It will not be an easy competition for Wadjda, known as the troublemaker at school, as she has to compete with pious and studious students. But she is determined to fight for her dreams. Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female director in Saudi Arabia, received a number of international awards for this film.

Gyeongju (Korea)

Opened June 12Drama. Directed by Zhang Lu

Choi Hyun (Park Hae-il) is a Northeast Asian Studies professor at Peking University. He visits Korea after a long hiatus when his friend passes away. During the short trip, he visits the ancient capital city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, after remembering a painting on a wall of a teahouse that he saw seven years ago. When he arrives at the teahouse in Gyeongju, he encounters the beautiful and mysterious owner Gong Yoon-hee (Shin Min-ah). At first Yoon-hee thinks Hyun is a pervert due to a misunderstanding; however, as they spend time together eating, drinking and strolling around the city, they slowly grow closer.